Oct 25 1975
From The Space Library
Travelers on the scenic Beartooth highway in Custer Natl. Forest, Mont., had access to the first solar-powered privy, the Baltimore Sun reported. The installation had advantages in addition to making the Rock Creek Vista area a national leader in progressive plumbing, according to the U.S. Forest Service: it had overcome two basic problems of the site, lack of water and lack of power. The oilbased flush system, which cost $29 878 with toilets and storage vaults, recycled a white oil. The solar panels over the two-sided toilet installation, which cost $9750, had almost no upkeep expense; they had offered unlimited power without the cost of installing electrical lines, solving the problem of power sources that plagued many mountaintop areas of the nation's forest system. (B Sun, 25 Sept 75, 11)
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